https://padlet.com/aleserra410/qiyo7kl2fq8r en-us 2019-04-12 14:36:25 UTC 2025-11-28 15:47:37 UTC hello@padlet.com aleserra410 https://padlet.com/aleserra410/qiyo7kl2fq8r/wish/351179129 The need for labor in North American colonies was growing, not enough indentured servants, brought in cheaper option which had more people, people began to bring in slaves. First 50 slaves were brought from Africa to the Jamestown settlement in Virginia and it spread throughout the states. It was report that in the 18th century there  were 6-7 million slaves imported to the U.S.
After the American Revolution, slavery became less common in Northern states but still at large in the South. ]]> 2019-04-12 14:48:05 UTC https://padlet.com/aleserra410/qiyo7kl2fq8r/wish/351179129 aleserra410 https://padlet.com/aleserra410/qiyo7kl2fq8r/wish/351191401 Abolition efforts originally from slaves and groups of white settlers who opposed slaver (ex: Quakers). Growing cotton industry made slavery vital to the economy. 
Early 19th century, a new type of radical abolition begun a reaction to the Fugitive Slave Act. Journalist from Massachusetts founded "the Liberator" an abolitionist newspaper in 1831. Anti-slavery northerners (mostly freed slaves) began helping fugitive slaves escape from southern plantations through a network of safe houses in 1780's.]]> 2019-04-12 15:14:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aleserra410/qiyo7kl2fq8r/wish/351191401 aleserra410 https://padlet.com/aleserra410/qiyo7kl2fq8r/wish/351201222 Spring 1861 conflicts between North and South intensified and erupted into a Civil War. 11 southern states seceded from the US and formed the Confederate States of America. Abraham Lincoln, the first republican president, was elected, pushed some southern states to secede as his views on slavery were known, beginning of civil war wasn't to abolish slavery but maintain the union. 
1862 Lincoln began to believe that he couldn't avoid question of slavery much longer. January 1st 1863 he issued a preliminary Emancipation proclamation, he justified it as a wartime measure, took bulk of labor from south and got international opinion on the Union's side. When war ended 1865 about 186,000 African american soldiers joined the Union army. Slavery not officially abolished until 13th amendment 1865.]]> 2019-04-12 15:34:11 UTC https://padlet.com/aleserra410/qiyo7kl2fq8r/wish/351201222 aleserra410 https://padlet.com/aleserra410/qiyo7kl2fq8r/wish/351212318 After being granted right to vote by the 15th amendment, the Separate but Equal act was passed 

Some southern states began enacting the first segregation laws = Jim Crow laws. ]]> 2019-04-12 16:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/aleserra410/qiyo7kl2fq8r/wish/351212318 aleserra410 https://padlet.com/aleserra410/qiyo7kl2fq8r/wish/351214716 National Association for the Advancement of Colored People began in 1905 when a group met in Canada at Niagara Falls sparked a political protest for civil rights for African Americans, this was a new permanent Civil Rights Association. Goals were to abolish segregation, enforce 14th and 15th amendments, equal education and complete enfranchisement of all African Americans ]]> 2019-04-12 16:06:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aleserra410/qiyo7kl2fq8r/wish/351214716 aleserra410 https://padlet.com/aleserra410/qiyo7kl2fq8r/wish/351220233 Migration of AA from the rural south to urban north began sparked a cultural renaissance in Harlem, NY. Marked the first time mainstream publishers and critics paid attention to AA literature, music, art and politics. ]]> 2019-04-12 16:20:40 UTC https://padlet.com/aleserra410/qiyo7kl2fq8r/wish/351220233 aleserra410 https://padlet.com/aleserra410/qiyo7kl2fq8r/wish/351223082 AA were ready to fight for freedom even if they didn't have it at home, over 3 million registered for service during the war. Had separate units for white and colored. War's first AA war hero came from Pearl Harbor. Spring 1943 the Tuskegee Airmen began to help saw over 3,000 missions. Important because people recognized if they could fight for country they should be equal. ]]> 2019-04-12 16:27:45 UTC https://padlet.com/aleserra410/qiyo7kl2fq8r/wish/351223082 aleserra410 https://padlet.com/aleserra410/qiyo7kl2fq8r/wish/351229863 Due to campaign of nonviolent resistance led by MLK Jr, campaign gained momentum 1960, president Kennedy passed new civil rights legislation that support racial equality. Gave gov more power to protect people against discrimination against race, religion, sex, or national origin. ]]> 2019-04-12 16:44:18 UTC https://padlet.com/aleserra410/qiyo7kl2fq8r/wish/351229863